Word of the Day
Beloved, the increased knowledge and wisdom in the world today has not accomplished all it promised. Instead, the entire world has espoused an ungodly philosophy about beauty and worth according to its own depraved standards. This has created false assumptions about what true value and loveliness really are. If I were to declare beauty as being white the world would say it is black. If I were to say all beauty is black the world would say it is white.
The world is always in direct opposition to the truth and has tried from the day you were conceived to convince you otherwise using ungodly actions and words of others. And when you were old enough to comprehend, the enemy accused you and fed you lies based on your negative experiences until you began to agree with him according to the negative thoughts not taken captive to the Truth ( 2 Corinthians 10:5)
However, I say enough is enough. Time is up and I am serving an eviction notice to the enemy of your soul…to the enemy of all that is good and true in your life. No ball and chain are going to keep you held down in the rapids of life in any area be it large or small. And, don’t forget the small things. Like a gnat on a summer day, they can cause much discomfort, enough to make you unkind or distract you and keep you from standing on the Rock and receiving the best I have to offer.
I am breaking you free from all anchors to anything keeping you in the old places where the tendency is to forsake grace and mercy in lieu of self-condemnation. I am indeed anchoring you in previously uncharted waters of freedom and new hope. I am giving you permission to explore to your heart’s content and to do so with grace…to do so with an expectation of mercy as you experience new areas of growth and lands unknown…as you move outside your comfort zone. Won’t you agree?
Beloved, you are free to explore without the fear of condemnation for you are hidden in Me (Romans 8:1). Come be a pioneer and discover lands as the unmoving Rock of My heart takes you on a journey; yet, keeps you safe and secure in My immovable love. After all, you are already perfect in Me.
As you discover new lands and freedom, totally impervious to the storms of life around you, you will become one who is like Joseph. Joseph lost coats along the way but in the end he became a coat and covered a nation. It is the same with you in your measure of rule…in your sphere of influence. All disadvantage, lies and deceits of man have no place in your new measure of rule for you will be My provision to many. Many who have not honored you will do so as they see your forgiving spirit and kind heart which are true reflections of My glory. Arise and shine. Let others see who you really are—My favorite, beautiful, one full of the greatest treasure of all time; Me…Read Complete Love Letter
THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. (Romans 8:1 Amplified)
For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:3 Amplified)
Prayer
Lord, the world is and always has been filled with lies and deception aimed at belittling and destroying the truth in the heart of believers…in my heart. Adam and Eve were deceived about who they really were to You. They believe for some reason You had withheld something from them which would cause them to know more. This is the philosophy of the world…the lie of the enemy. Everything You call true the enemy calls a lie and vice versa.
I can remember how the enemy took even good things when I was growing up and perverted them until my perceptions became truth to me. I agree with you and declare enough is enough. It is time for me to walk in fullness as I eat from the tree of life and not the knowledge of good and evil. I agree with You and declare the enemy of my soul and all good things promised to me is evicted from my life in profound ways both big and small.
I am breaking free from all anchors, lies and negative thinking…all anxiety or fear of things to come. I break free from those irritating gnats of doubt and unbelief which try and infiltrate my thinking. I will not be distracted from my purpose by accusations of the enemy or from my own self. I am breaking free today from all anchors tied to old places birthed out of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. I reject the lie and anchor myself to the truth…to the Rock who never moves or shifts. I release myself to explore the depths of God’s love and marvelous plan for my life. I will not limit His plan or work to my current situation or abilities. He is more than enough for in Him I am strong. I rise and stand on a large, even plane where the deceits and words of man have no power. I arise to shine for I am the Lord’s favorite one. I am His greatest treasure of all time. Amen
Reflect and Journal
1. Where and in what ways have you bought into the ways of the world? Do you look at the current economic or political circumstance and speak what you see. Or do you speak what the Word says? Do you believe the Lord is sovereign in all that is happening, fully capable of taking care of you?
2. Ask Holy Spirit to show you one lie you believed from your past…all the way back, maybe from childhood that influences any tendency you have to walk in doubt and unbelief today as you observe your life and the world around you? Once you have discovered this, find the truth, renounce the lie and repent for aligning yourself with it, then replace it with the truth you discovered. Do this until it becomes engrained in your belief system.
3. Lies from the past tend to make us become critical of others and ourselves. Where have you been self-accusatory or self-condemning in any way? Repentance is your friend and breaks the back of the enemy. Be quick to repent, not necessarily from what you might most commonly relate to as sin, but from anxious or fearful thoughts, vain imaginations about what might be or not be, attitudes and other little foxes that like to slip in unnoticed and irritate you like a gnat on a summer afternoon. Take some time to ask Holy Spirit, once again, to examine your heart.
4. What does it mean to you personally to be anchored in the waters of freedom and have a carte blanche invitation to explore the depths of God with great liberty?
5. Have you been like Joseph and lost a few coats along the way? Look how it turned out for him and rejoice. You are loved just the same. Ask Holy Spirit to reveal to you anyone you have forgotten who has taken a coat away from you for one reason or another? Forgive them and release them. Who knows if one day you will be the hand that feeds them?
6. What does it mean to you to be the Lord’s favorite one who adorns Him?